Journal article
Assessing the Role of Energy in Development and Climate Policies - Conceptual Approach and Key Indicators
DTU Climate Centre, Systems Analysis Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark1
Systems Analysis Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark2
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark3
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad4
The paper discusses a number of key conceptual issues related to the role of energy in development and its potential synergies and tradeoffs with climate change. The relationship between economic development and energy over time is discussed and illustrated by data from China, India and South Africa, and some other countries.
It concludes that energy plays an important role as a productivity enhancing factor in economic development and in human well being. Several policy goals related to sustainable development, energy, and climate can be integrated. However, meeting all these policy goals requires a special effort and has significant cost implications.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2011 |
| Pages: | 987-1001 |
| ISSN: | 18735991 and 0305750x |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.01.002 |
| ORCIDs: | Halsnæs, Kirsten |
